Castle
The castle was built on the hill by the Moors around 750 A.D. as part of making Jimena a strategic military position. Views stretch as far Gibraltar to the south. It is believed that the castle was built on Roman ruins, constructed using locally sourced limestone.
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“Let me be at the place of the castle.
Let the castle be within me.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
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—William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)
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And snowy summits old in story;
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And the wild cataract leaps in glory.
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—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)